asum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sum/

Etymology 1

Noun

asum f (from Old Akkadian on)

1. myrtle

Alternative forms

• asu (non-mimated)
• ašum (Old Assyrian)
• assu (Boghazkeui)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊍 (AZ) 𒄑𒊍 (gišAZ) 𒋆𒊍 (šimAZ) 𒄑𒋆𒊍 (giš.šimAZ) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) 𒋆𒄈 (šimGIR₂) (Mari) 𒄑𒀀𒊍 (gišA.AZ) (Mari) 𒄑𒀀𒍪 (gišA.ZU)	𒀀𒍪𒌝 (a-su₂-um) 𒀀𒍪 (a-su₂) 𒀀𒋢 (a-su) 𒋆𒀀𒀉𒍮 (giša-a₂-zum)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: ܐܵܣܵܐ / אָסָא (ʾāsā)
  • → Arabic: آس (ʔās)
    • ⇒ Cypriot Arabic: ximplás
    • → Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, “myrtle”)
    • → Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās))
      • → Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (learned)
• →⇒ Hebrew: הֲדַס (hăḏás)
  • → Arabic: هَدَس (hadas)
    • → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
    • → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
    • → Swahili: mhadasi
    • → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)
  • → Aramaic: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā)
  • → German: Addas f (used once by Heinrich Heine)
  • → Yiddish:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒊍 (az, “bear”).

Noun

asum m (plural asātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. bear

   Synonym: dabûm

Alternative forms

• asu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊍 (AZ)	𒀀𒋢𒌝 (a-su-um)

References

• “asu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 342
• “asu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 344

Estonian

Etymology

From asuma +‎ -m.

Noun

asum (genitive asumi, partitive asumit)

1. a district, subdistrict, or part of a city

Declension

Declension of asum (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		asum	asumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	asumi
genitive			asumite
partitive		asumit	asumeid
illative		asumisse	asumitesse asumeisse
inessive		asumis	asumites asumeis
elative		asumist	asumitest asumeist
allative		asumile	asumitele asumeile
adessive		asumil	asumitel asumeil
ablative		asumilt	asumitelt asumeilt
translative		asumiks	asumiteks asumeiks
terminative		asumini	asumiteni
essive		asumina	asumitena
abessive		asumita	asumiteta
comitative		asumiga	asumitega

Synonyms

• linnaosa
• rajoon

Marrucinian

Etymology

Disputed. Perhaps related to Praenestine asom.

• Perhaps related to Latin as.
• Perhaps related to Latin arsum, itself from Proto-Italic *assos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ed-.

Participle

asum

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. as, a type of Roman coin
   2. burnt

References

• Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎, page 104
• Blanca María Prósper (1 February 2020), “The Sabellic accusative plural endings and the outcome of the Indo-European sibilants in Italic”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, volume 18, numbers 1-2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 48